During the first pass-by of the fanties, Jane Sagan discovers a large hole underneath one of the containers that forms the outside wall of the settler village; this is seemingly explained when Jane Sagan brings in a “yote” — a predator the size of a large dog — that was found later sniffing around that hole.

We have stained our hands in the times that are past, Before God, we would wash them white, For the nations are in the proving: Each day is judgment day; And the peoples He finds wanting Shall pass-by the winding way.